Sancai pottery dish on three short feet, Tang dynasty, 618-906. Photo courtesy Marchant

decorated in the centre with a speckled amber and straw glaze, beneath a blueglazed rim, the underside with straw glaze. 12.1cm diameter. Price on request

• Formerly in a European private collection.
• An amber marbled dish of similar size formerly in the Evason Museum of Art, Syracuse, USA, is illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume 1, no. 250, pp. 146/7.
• A larger tripod dish with a central rosette medallion and a green glazed rim is illustrated by Eskenazi in their 25th Anniversary exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt Bronzes, Inlaid Bronzes, Silver, Jade and Ceramics, 1985, no.26, pp. 66/7.
• It is unusual to find dishes of this small size and design.

Marchant. 'Chinese Ceramics Tang to Qing' exhibiting tuesday 6th may - friday 30th may 2014 - http://www.marchantasianart.com/